A panel discussion on e-voting is offered as part of TeLENZ’s webinar series that examines issues relevant to legal education, practice, policy and research.

The idea of improving voting experience and modernising voting processes through technology has been the Holy Grail for a number of government electoral bodies around the world in recent times. Various styles of ‘electronic voting’ have already been trialled and, in some cases, embraced around the world. So, is e-voting the saviour of democracy or the harbinger of democratic doom? This online panel discussion will explore – generally and also in the New Zealand context – the security, policy and legal aspects of e-voting.

Chair: Dr John Hopkins, Director of Research, School of Law, University of Canterbury

Panellists:

1. Dr Vanessa Teague, CEO of Thinking Cybersecurity and Associate Professor at the Australian National University

2. Dr Julienne Molineaux, Director, The Policy Observatory, AUT

3. Graeme Edgeler, Barrister, Wellington

Zoom host: Associate Professor Wayne Rumbles, TeLENZ lead, Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, University of Waikato

TeLENZ is the Law Foundation-funded ‘Technology in Legal Education for New Zealand’ Project. TeLENZ is a nationwide collaborative initiative that facilitates the further integration of Information Technology-related content into core legal undergraduate education. The TeLENZ Project involves all New Zealand law faculties/schools and is led by Associate Professor Wayne Rumbles (Jun 2015 - Feb 2020 Dean of Law, Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, University of Waikato): https://telenz.nz/